#42146A#42146A

#42146A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.139 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42146A
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 38.58, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 56.06, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.75% 0.0766 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(31.75% 0.139 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0978, 2.6992, 13.8853)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42146A #3C6A14

analogous

#17146A #42146A #6A1467

triadic

#42146A #6A4214 #146A42

tetradic

#42146A #6A1714 #3C6A14 #14676A

square

#42146A #6A1714 #3C6A14 #14676A

split-complementary

#42146A #676A14 #146A17

monochromatic

#10051A #220A37 #42146A #621E9D #8227D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#42146A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#42146A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42146A

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42146A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42146A	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42146a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.139 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5795',
    500: '#42146a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42146a;
$custom-light: #7b5795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42146a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31745,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42146A

secondary

#69A139

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42146A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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